Who ruled
- Rouran Khaganate Futu Khan 506–508 · Chounu Khan 508–520
And beyond the steppe
- China Northern Wei Emperor Xuanwu 499–515
- Iran Sasanian Kavad I 498–531
- Korea Goguryeo Munja 491–519
- Byzantium Leonid Anastasius I 491–518
Western steppe
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Culture · Sogdian colonists found the first towns of Semirech'e, Suyab and Navaket among them, as estates of nobles (450–600)
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The Tiele rise successfully; the Rouran khan Tahan is beaten and killed by their leader Mietu
